Potter Mania

Posted on June 23, 2003

The latest Harry Potter novel (the first in three years), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is selling out at bookstores nationwide. The book sold 5 million copies on its first day alone. This is after the book set records at Amazon.com and other online booksellers as a pre-order title. The reviews for the book have also been favorable from both critics and fans.

BBC News is reporting that UK records were also broken. The book sold 1,777,000 copies on its very first day. This smashes the previous record of 372,775 copies which was set by The Goblet of Fire. UK department store Tesco says it sold 220 copies every minute on Saturday. That's amazing.

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